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HERA
The CRONOS platform brings together two academic laser facilities in the Paris region dedicated to laser shock applications: HERA and HEPHAISTOS.The HERA facility, located at the LULI on the Ecole Polytechnique site, offers two beams of 200 Joules at 1053 nm in collinear geometry, for a varia…
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History
Brief historyFollowing the demonstration of the first laser light by Théodore H. Maiman, the research activities on high-power high-energy pulsed lasers, laser-generated plasmas and applications started at École Polytechnique in Paris as soon as in the early 60's. After the first generations of ru…
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History of CMAP
Creation of CMAP in 1974
When the Ecole Polytechnique moved from central Paris to Palaiseau, the decision was taken to reorganize research, leading to an overhaul of existing laboratories and the creation of new ones. There was already a fundamental mathematics laboratory, led by Laurent Schwa…
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